Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

lord marlesford: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individualswhowereserving custodial sentences and were recommended for deportation on release, have been deported in each of the last five years.

baroness williams of trafford: The Home Office routinely publishes figures on the total number of foreign national offenders that have been removed. The figures can be found at ‘Returns data tables – immigration statistics April to June 2017 volume 5 – rt_06_q’ when accessing the following link:www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017-data-tablesFigures in include enforced removals and voluntary returns.A foreign national offender (FNO) is someone who:(a) is not a British citizen; and (b) is/was convicted in the UK or abroad of any criminal offence.   Following the introduction of Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office (ACRO) cases, the FNO returns figure has included cases where foreign nationals who had a criminal conviction in another country, were picked up by police in the UK, and subsequently returned from the UK. In addition, these people could also have a UK conviction. This case type is now sufficiently well established to warrant separate identification in the statistical series. These figures are a count of an administrative process and, as such, are provisional and will be revised in line with the existing series. Those with an overseas criminal record may also have a UK criminal record.



Returns Data Table - Apr-June 2017 - vol 5 rt 06_q
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Money Laundering: Azerbaijan

baroness cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statement by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on 5 September that information relating to the Azerbaijani Laundromat scheme received from the media would be examined by the National Crime Agency (NCA), whether they have asked (1) the NCA, or (2) a financial regulator, to examine allegations relating to UK-registered companies and partnerships.

baroness williams of trafford: Investigations into allegations of money laundering are conducted by law enforcement agencies such as the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office, and the police. Decision in whether to investigate and how to do so is purely a matter for law enforcement. The NCA, SFO, and the police of are operationally independent of the Government.

Jeremy Bamber

baroness jones of moulsecoomb: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Chief Constable of Essex complies with requests from Jeremy Bamber's legal team, and with court orders made in 1994, 2001 and 2002, to provide non-disclosed evidence in relation to the murders at White House Farm in Essex in 1985.

baroness williams of trafford: Police forces are operationally independent of government and decisions around the management and handling of a police investigation fall under the direction and control of the Chief Officer of the force concerned.

Jeremy Bamber

baroness jones of moulsecoomb: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have complied in full with the order issuedby the Central Criminal Court in 1994, as a result of a Judicial Review initiated by lawyers acting for Jeremy Bamber, instructing the then Home Secretary to disclose all DNA evidence from Essex Police in relation to the White House Farm murders in Essex in 1985.

baroness williams of trafford: The Home Office complied with the order as set out in paragraph 163 of the judgement in the Court of Appeal case of R V JEREMY BAMBER Neutral Citation Number: [2002] EWCA Crim 2912 Case No: 20011745 S1.

Aviation: Lasers

lord fink: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft with a laser pointer under the Aviation and Safety Act 1982 within the last 12 months.

baroness williams of trafford: The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group and police force area. These data are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, and data can be accessed here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016Data presented here are on the police power of arrest. In line with police recorded crime statistics, these data cover arrests for all notifiable offences carried out by police in England and Wales 



Police Powers and Procedures - Stats bulletin 2016
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

lord beith: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the Heritage Lottery Fund's Grants for Places of Worship scheme, and (2) the future need to support religiousbuildings of historic or architectural significance.

lord ashton of hyde: The Heritage Lottery Fund operates at arm’s length from Government and any assessment of what their Grants for Places of Worship programme has achieved is for them to make. The English Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review was announced in 2016 and tasked with delivering a report and recommendations to the Chancellor and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. This Review has yet to report, however its findings will help to inform any future assessment by Government of the need to support religious buildings of historic or architectural significance.

Data Protection: USA

lord laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received a legal opinion on the Privacy Shield framework between the EU and the US; whether they have taken independent legal advice on that framework; if so, what was the content of that (1) opinion, and (2) advice; and whether they will place a copy of that (1) opinion, and (2) advice in the Library of the House.

lord ashton of hyde: The Government has no intention of commenting on or publishing any legal advice that may have been received on these matters.

Data Protection: USA

lord laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement the judgment and findings of the European Court of Justicein Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.

lord ashton of hyde: In October 2015, the European Commission's adequacy decision on the Safe Harbor Agreement was invalidated by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the Schrems case. The Court ​considered that the third country concerned must ensure an adequate level of protection safeguarded by its domestic law or international commitments, and that the reliability of such a system, in light of that requirement, is founded essentially on the establishment of effective detection and supervision mechanisms in relation to the protection of fundamental rights. ​Consequently, the Court found that the Safe Harbor Agreement failed to comply with the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC and established Human Rights law. The judgment was addressed to the Commission. The EU-US Privacy Shield decision has since replaced the Safe Harbor agreement, in providing a basis for personal data transfers from the US to the US companies certified under the scheme. The Information Commissioner has provided regular updates to the status of the Privacy Shield and remains an active member of the Article 29 Working Party Privacy Shield annual joint review team.

Ministry of Defence

Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

lord naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the complement of disaster relief equipment carried by Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mount Bay; and in particular, how many (1)helicopters, (2) tractors, (3) bulldozers, (4) other vehicles, and (5) items of heavy lifting equipmentare being carried.

earl howe: Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) MOUNTS BAY is currently carrying the following equipment while conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Caribbean: 1 Wildcat helicopter1 Mexflote raft1 Combat support boat2 Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boats2 Inflatable raiding crafts2 Medium wheeled tractors2 Support Vehicles (15 tonne)1 Rough terrain forklift1 Light wheeled tractor2 Quad bikes with trailers2 Pinzgauer soft top all-terrain vehicles1 Self loading dump truck2 Bandvagn 206D flatbeds1 Support Vehicle (six tonne)1 Land Rover & trailer1 King Trailer This amounts to one helicopter, four tractors, zero bulldozers, 15 other vehicles and three items of heavy lifting equipment. HMS OCEAN is also due to arrive in the region by 23 September with three Wildcat, four Merlin and two Chinook helicopters and 60 tonnes of Department for International Development supplies onboard to assist with the longer-term recovery effort. HMS OCEAN will be deployed according to need once Hurricane Maria has passed.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

lord allen of kensington: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many prosecutions were successful in each of those years.

lord allen of kensington: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many custodial sentences were given as a result of prosecutions brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what was the length of each such custodial sentence awarded.

lord gardiner of kimble: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.   Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (1), England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016 (2)(3)(4)  Outcome20122013201420152016  Proceeded against1,9991,8971,5231,1881,039Found Guilty1,5351,4351,161899807Sentenced1,5331,4311,159902807of which Immediate custody118107978471of which up to 3 months44424432293 months and up to six7159524538Six months36174  (1) Includes offences under SS 4, 5, 6(1),6(2) 7, 8, 9, 13(6) and 34(9)  (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.  (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  (4) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, nay be sentenced in the following year.  Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services – Ministry of Justice.Ref: PQ HL 1469 1470